samonios on coligny calendar
coligny calendar
the gaulish month name samon[ios] (pertaining to) summer on coligny calendar related word samhain. festival of kind may have been held during 3 nights of samonios (gaulish trinux[tion] samo[nii]). gaulish calendar seems have split year two-halves: first beginning month samon[ios] , second beginning month giamonios, related word winter, pie *g hei-men- (latin hiems, latvian ziema, lithuanian žiema, slavic zima, greek kheimon, hittite gimmanza), cf. old irish gem-adaig ( winter s night ). samonios may represent beginning of summer season , giamonios (the seventh month) beginning of winter season. lunations marking middle of each half-year may have been marked festivals.
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